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aiser's Position Alined and' Blown
Up By Allied Forces at Ban-die-
Saj>t—GcmianCrown Prince Said
to Have Returned to the Front.
Paris,. April 8.—With Increased mo-omentum-
the French army between the
j^^i||Meuse and Moselle rivers is smashing
'Vj/£the sides pf the great German wedge.
__ |-A-y,^according to dispatches from the battle
AAtt tli^ottieAfr' e'Atfndri' ^ battle line.
S» \ s?j_ ^^near the. sea coast,- the Belgian army
S •-% kas scored a victory. T!: Belgians
v; attacked and. dislodged a G:. in forcie
•• • .which crossed the Yser nr. ccupied
; .portions of the village' of D Graeh-ten.
King Albert's troops captured
';''/Si^three:.machine guus^lt is asserteC}.
? Near EWiin, thirteen miles jbo^heast
* SstK"-' % Verdun, Freiich troops stormed and
^;:;;r;:*^captured two^German positions, on the
V < .-^hills? The advance was made In the
St"i» of murderous artillery five that
^ ^i«wept the wooded hillsides free of
.MH;H^0Very Vestige of; foliage. / .
V. Important engagements are liow' be-bought
- the woods between Ver-and
Pont-a-Mousson, it Is "known
the war ofllce communique
*' *«" ' ' -sv,was almost devoid of information re-
.[• ^;?»rding the fighting In this region
Announcement of the Belgian success
ty" V? ^alon? the Yser, of the French galnsiiit
^ ^®tain and of slight French * progress
X : '/v>near Bparges were the featured of the
' •\--'l,,offl<3hl statement.
The Offidsl. Statement.
Paris, April &—The war office gave
I the following statement:
"A German detachment with three
crossing to
south of
• ""'»rttB]i^vKeu3'and dls-v-
1 «|&a&lodged ;bji^BelgJan forces. -£ :
" ty of> Etalri rendered us .masters of
hllte No.;219 and Nb. 221, in addition
:to the Hant Bojs r.nd the hospital
7 -;e "in the Eparges we gained ground
J£;-fr-y;^i?/and -maintained our advances, at the
••-;same time taking sixty prisoners,': in-iH-
v
c-• Eluding three officers.
! V" V* "In the Ban-de-Sapt we mined and
.Mew up a German position."
The German Crown Prince Wilhelm
*1 Has resumed command of the Third
' '-. German army before Verdun, state*
, v f "the .Echo. • . W-'"'.:
.. . •
• ' • •
-- 1 Official German Statement. ,
Ber,,n (by wireless), April S.-Tbc
„ \ following statement was given out at
•t S'• • vi:-; v\.'" v'::.i ' genera I headnuarters:
"The village of Drei Grach'ten, in
' West Flanders, which the Germans oc­cupied
on April i, was raked by artil-
11 re froin heavy guns aiid also
•(' • from mine throwers. For this reason
1
"In the. Argonne forest French at
. taeks Iii'oice down under the fire of
- I lie'German chasseurs. ^
4 - - "JCortlicasL of Verdun the-French ad-
* ^- vance got .only as. far as our ontei
' works.
M
"Hast and southeast of Verdun
: • >'. • French attacks failed, with extraor
• ' dinary heavy losses,
IfNV"
"Two French battalions were anni­hilated
by German fire on Combres
heights. ;
Near Ajlly, in the vicinity of St
Mihiel. our troops delivered n violent
^ -- '• attack, which threw the French back
';*y . to theii old positions.
> ' " N e a r A p r w n o n i F r e n c h a t t a c k s
were unsuccessful. v : v-
"Other French attacks near Flirty,
.the Woey're tlistrict. failed complete
®vjSiips|ly. Numerous bodies dot the ground
before the. German lines.
"On tiie western border of Priest
Wald, tiie French forest of La Pretre.
• / one of our battalions beat back strons
wV'.v French forces from the Tiiirteenth rej;
-' .-ijnent • after bloody fighting with the
lint bayonet.
"Despite a blizzard, fighting has been
"?5||£going 011 '°t Hartsmannsweiler Kopf
since yesterday.
"1" the eastern theater of war, dur-lug
the German advance into Russia
fesfllMn the direction of Andrzejow, thirty
kilometers southeast of Memel, our
'-^••aValry amihilated a Russian bat-
^i^tallon; We. captured 300 men, includ-
"^J^ing five Russian officers. One hundred
|i||;'and twenty Russians were killed and
150 wounded. ^
"Aiiother Itusslan battalion which
hurried to the rescue was repulsed!
Our losses were only six men killed.
"Otherwise there is nothing of spe-mi
cidl Importance to report from the east-
®Hern theater."
; The following supplementary state­ment,
signed by the chief of army ad­ministration,
was issued with the offi­cial
report:
"in U>e Russian generaj Btaff report
' ' of April 4 It was announced that dttr-
Jag th« - • • • - ----- —-
Movement 'Grows, •
London, April 8—The British cabinet
considereil tiie prohibtion question at
a lengthy session.
The ministry; • it was authoritatively
reported, was wavering between Lloyd-
George^s demand for drastic measures
and pressure on the part of the big
distilling and brewing Interests for
•'huudB off." . ,
There was a strong possibility that
a ban would be placed on all distilled
liquor, but that the sale of beer" and
light wines would not be prohibited.
Lloyd-George presented to the cabi
net the results of various conferences
with interests most concerned in ills
proposal for absolute prohibition dur­ing
the war period. He assured the
ministry that despite objections from
some quarters the majority of the* la­bor
leaders would back the'govern­ment
In any action it might take, how­ever
drastic.-
He reiterated his statements that the
gain to England through a shortening
of the war would more than offset the
loss in liquor revenue. VSiJ;
Lord Kitchener and First Lorlrof the
Admiralty Churchill presented the
views of the military and naval- ex-
< - ? Pleasant Street Pharniacyi"' f. '
To residents of Thompsoifvirie"who
have visiteipl the new Pleasant Street
Pharmacy nothing ne«^ be said, the
store' spealtB for itself hut we would
like to .<jall >he attention of those
who have, not availed themselves of
this privilege to the excellent equip­ment
of their store for its particular
line of business. Twentyseven feet
of built-to-order cases line the walls,
ali glass enclosed, all drawers are
dust proof and. sanitary. Display
cases are built to the floor. The soda
fountain is. a beautiful structure of
slate and marble with draught tubes
entering through a carved column
of purest onyx. It is lighted ,by nine.
3 0-watt -.electric lights giving a. daz-
^Itag : effeot^^: The • prescriptiprf' de-,
BM^ent ;is' a separate room. 12^25
fe^t; -flnl^hed;; with- *&H conveniences
forT'compOunding prescriptions and
nianufacturing medicines.-r-Adv. -
• Progrossivo Euchre.
The* first in the spring- series of
progressive euchre parties and en­tertainments
by the Aquinas Club of
St. Patrick's church waB held Tues­day
evening in St. Joseph's Hall.
There was a large attendance. In
the card game the first ladies' prize
was won by Miss Mary Burns, sec­ond
prize, Miss Emjna Grenier, con­solation,
Mrs. Thomas H&rgreaves.
Tho men's first prize was won by
Sylvester Mitchell and the second by
Harry Chaine. Following the^card
gunies refreshments were served,
after which dancing was enjoyed.
Cavanaugli's orchestra furnishing the
music- for the dancers. C~
PRES. BAKER ENTHUSIAS­$
56 TIC OVER OUTLOOKa s*
Thompsonville Palp " Association
Promises To Be Not Only Per-manent,
But a To-wn Boosters-
New Members Being Added.
A meeting of the officers of the
Thompsonville Fair Association was
held Tuesday evening of this week
in the Town building, and was at­tended
by about 40 persons. Repre­sentatives
being present from the
Enfield Business Men's Association,
the Grange a.nd the Board of Trade.
During the past week 17 new
members were secured and a sub­stantial
sum of piouey was pledged
for the support of the association.
It was voted at the meeting to
hereafter hold regular meetings of
the association on the first Tuesday
of each month in the town building,
and sub-committees were appointed
to canvass the Town for new -mem­bers.
The Town was laid out into
districts^gyl^vo men were appoirit-e&
to cover eacJfdistrict -ahd secure
as many new members as possible.
President Albert F. Baker is de­lighted
over the magnificent support
given by all classes of people to this
movement, which will undoubtedly
be permanent and a lasting influence
for the betterment of the community.
It is non-partisan and is being loyal­ly
encouraged by people in every sec­tion
of Enfield. 4
, The officers plan on not,only hav­ing
as good a fair as was held last
year/ but intend to far surpass it in
every detail, which goes to make up
a country'fair.
There are many such associations
throughout the Connecticut valley
and it is not improbable to boast.that
JSnfleldA-will, have as - good- an'asso­ciation
and ^ well regulalted."fair as
was: ever held in any town in New
England, having twice the popula­tion
of our community.
New Building Completed.'
D. J. Shea, contractor, has just
finished a new two-story brick block
on" Pleasant street for Dr. Finch
which is already rented. The old
house is being removed to the jrfear
of the lot and will be remodeled for
use as tenement and store.
.Knfiold Congregational Church.
Sunday 10:45 a. 111. preaching by
ilie pastor. Sunday school at noon.
Christian Endeavor meeting 7:15;
Topic: "Getting ready for the next
life," leader Miss Ruth Kingsbury.
Wednesday evening prayer .meeting:
Study of the-14th'and 15th Psalms.
The Young Men's Club of this
place will give a dance in Casino
Hall, Saturday evening, April 10. A
silver loving cup will be given for
the oiie.-step prize contest. Dancing
will bp from S p. 111. to 12 p. m. As
much interest is shown in the com­ing
contest, a large crowd is ex­pected
to attend:
Judge of Probate Charles J. Fow­ler
has passed an order allowing six
months time for creditors to hand
in their bills to Joshua G. Cornue,
administrator on the estate of Ellen
S. Cornue.. -
Cl^tis Abrahamson has purchased
from Jeremiah Provencher, a small"
cottage located on Highland avenue.
Mr, and Mrs. Edward Bialf have
moved from Warehouse Point to
this place. .
MemeT ohry i'49~ men were iost In kilT-ed,
wounded and captured. Regarding
this report the following is ascertained
at Memel: Three hundred Russians
were burled at Memel and Polangen.
Five hundred and fifty Russians were
Woman's Club Entertained. ^
Miss Bessie M. Pease of Lincoln
street entertained the members of
the Enfield Woman's Club at her
home -yesterday afternoon. The pro­gram
was provided by the current
events committee composed of' Miss
Cornelia O. Brainard, Mrs. John N.
Patterson and Mrs. Newall A. Par­sons.
The program was featured by
two papers, one on "International
Peace." by Miss Florence Raymond
cf the faculty of the Enfield High
School, and the other-by Mrs. Reid,
wife of Rev. David C. Reid of the
Enfield Congregational church,, who
took for her subject "Notes from a
Temperance Scrapboolc." Miss Pease
during the meeting played piano
soles. The next session of the club
will be Wednesdsy afternoon, April
28,. in the home of Mrs. Mark W.
Bushnell, when there will be a book
review. The club will close its sea­son"
three weeks from to today, April
2S, with' its annual meeting in the
E n f i e l d C o u n t r y C l u b . ' ; v - '
KAISER HONORS VON KLUCK
8 . .
Military Cross of Merit Bestowed On
? General Recently Wounded.
tserirn, April S.—Tiie kaiser has con­ferred
the military order of merit 011
General von Kluck, who is recovering
fropi the shrapnel-wound he received
,011 ilareh 27 while Inspecting the ad­vanced
positions of his army.
General von Kluck, who is sixty
eight years old, commanded the Ger­mun
right wing in its dash toward
Paris in the early days of the war and
in Its subsequent retreat. ' His latest
command has been in the vicinity of
Soissons.
Albert Weller has purchased the
iisli business of Sharon Bros., eon-ducted
by them in the Franklin Hall
block on Pleasant street. :vFv:
Frances Mitchell, who teaches
school in Terryville, Conn., spent
the Easter recess at her home in
Church street.
In order to find exactly what you
want ask The Thompsonville Hard-ward
Company for Hazard Guaran­teed
House Paint.—Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Trombly and
son of Windsor street are moving to
Hartford, where* they will make their
home. , ,
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St." Joseph's Parochial qchool will
.. Piiendsbip-^Lodge, I. O. O. P.
At a largely attended meeting of
F'riendship'. Lodge, I.®0. o. F., held
Monday evening in Odd Fellows'
Hall, the second degree was con­ferred
on two candidates under the
direction of Charles H. Noble, de­gree
master. The guests of the
evening were: d delegation of twenty
members of Phoenix Lodge, I. O. O.
F., of Springfield who paid a fratern­al
visit to Friendship Lodge, I. O. O.
F. Remarks were made by the .vis­iting
Odd Fellows. A social hour
and smoker followed the business
meeting. Degree master Harry H.
Woodward conferred the Patriarchal
degree on a class of candidates from
Enfield Encampment, I. O. O. F., at
a meeting held last evening.
Royal Neighbors of America.
The members of Primrose Camp,
R. N. of A. are enjoying a theatre
party this iafternoon and will dine at
the Highland hotel this evening. A
number, will stay over to see William
Hodge in" "The Road to Happiness"
at Court Square theatre. The next
in the series of whist parties given
by the camp will be held Wednes­day
evening, -April 14th in K. of C.
Hall, High street, and the committee
in charge will; be Mrs. Howard Stet­son.
Mrs. Robert Weller and Mrs.
William Douglass.
K. of P.
Asnuntuck Lodge, No. 29, K. of P.
held a very interesting meeting Tues­day
evening../ The second rank was
exemplified on one candidate. Tues­day
evening; April 13th the rank of
knight will be conferred on one can­didate
and every member of Asnun­tuck
Lodge ft requested to be pres­ent.
After the regular business is
transacted refreshments will be
served and a smoker and general so­cial
will be held. Any K. of P. of
any other lodge will be welcome.
' V < £ , igfr &
JOFFRK AM) HIXLJOMU IU;
Opposing Generals in Western The­ater,
Wher<i Fighting is Fiorest.
The. I'ronch armies: in tJte oast are at­tempting
to cut off the. German forces at
St. Mihiel liv a Orlyo northward from
Pont-a-Mousson. At the same time -i
Frc-ncli offensive is developing southward
from tho Verdun region. It is said Field
Marshal von Hindenburg has been ordered
to tnlco supreme command of the German
forces In the west to measure swords with
General Joffro (top). Von Hindenburg is
below.
PR0JECTF0RNEW SCHOOL
BEING SPOKEN OF
School Committee Would Like Peo­ple
to Seriously Consider New
High School Which Should Be
Ready By 1010.
A few years ago it was thought
that Enfield would, not need a new
school for many years to come but
the crowded conditions in our high
school building, at the present time
necessitate careful consideration on
the part of the school committee, in
respect to larger quarters for high
school pupils in the immediate fu­ture.
The class to graduate in June will
be the second largest in the history
of the school, and the names of
those iu the graduating class are as
follows:
Evalene Smith, Dennis Landers,
Lawrence Castonguay, Edwin Gow-dy,
Ruth Wilson, Geraldine Dowd,
Alice Liberty, Mildred Meacham,
Jeanette Graham, Pearl Manning,
Margaret Moore, Donald Gordon,
Chester Bridge, Gertrude Pinney,
Rebecca Tate, Francis O'Hear, Greg­ory
Sapsouzian, Vivian Gowdy, Clar­ence
Laughlin, Ethel Prentiss, PearJ
Prentiss, Margaret O'Brien, Zelma
Clark, Dorothy Thompson, Claire
Pegel, Erna Miller, Ernestine Mc-
Ready, Thomas Mitchell, Dorothy
Bushnell, Marie Hudson and Marion
Garside.
The Junior, Sophomore and Fresh­man
classes promise still larger num­bers
in their turn, whereas the fresh­man-
class which, will enter the- high
school next fall will be larger than
any class entering in the history of
the town.
The new eight room graded school
relieved conjestion in the graded de­partments
and now all rooms in the
schools of the town are comfortably
filled with the exception of one room
which is vacant. This vacant room
is hot so located as to be used for
high school purposes. It would
seem the part of wisdom to purchase
a sufficiently large plot of land upon
which- to erect a new school in the
near future. Indeed conditions are
such that a new high school will al­most
be a necessity for the beginning
of the fall term of 1916.
The members of the school board
are aware of the situation and it is
said would not hesitate about recom­mending
the purchasing of a site if
it were not for the fact that the
money in the town treasury is some­what
low. However, as tho town will
eventually be obliged to buy a lot it
would not be surprising if the school
board recommended at the next town
meeting the appropriating of a cer­tain
sum of money to purchase a lot,
believing that by so doing thousands
of dollars for the town will eventual­ly
be saved.
TURKS SINK ALLIED CRUISER.
Miss Marie Mannion, hair dresser
ill the Mulligan block, who has been
confined to her home in Windsor
Locks by illness, is;able.to be at lier
office again. ' xS'• .
• Mr. and Mrs. Frank O'Donnell at­tended
the funeral.; of Mrs. O'Don-nell's
uncle, James>A. Colburn, at
Hazardville, Sunday-.^"'
Miss Eunice and Alyce .O'Donnell
spent Sunday with ^friends at Haz-ardville.
,
Daniel Foley of High street spent
Easter with his parents, Mr. and
Btead Brook.>
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Official Statement Says Vessel Was
Destroyed in Dardanelles Strait.
Constantinople, April 5.—The follow­ing
official statement was given out by
the Turkish war office.
"O11 April 4 the enemy's cruisers un­successfully
tombarded the Turkish
batteries at tae western entrance of
the Dardanelles. One cruiser was sunk
l>y the fire of the fortress guns.
"In Transcaucasia the Russians at­tacked
our advance guards north of
Ischkau. After violent fighting for eight
hours the enemy was driven back
across the frontier. We occupied Rus­sian
villages south o£ Tauskert."
Polish Society Preparing to Celebrate
Anniversary.
The Polish society of the village
are making arrangements for a cele­bration
of the 124th anniversary o
the Polish Constitution which oc­curs
May 3.
On account of counter attractions,
howeyer, the observance of the event
will be postponed until Sunday after­noon,
May 16. A parade of local and
visiting Polish societies will be fol­lowed
by exercises in Franklin Hall,
at which there will be music, fancy
drill marches by the children and
patriotic speeches by members of the
Falcon Society and several out of
town speakers and town officials.
The committee iu charge of ar­rangements
is as follows: John Kus-tra
(chairman), M. Guzowski, A. Ma-ciolek,
W. Glista, A. Pierz, F. Jan-icki,
M. Gwozdz and F. Ludwin.
Presented With Traveling Hag.
Miss J. Elizabeth Malia, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Malia of 183
Pearl street, entered St. Francis*
Hospital of Hartford on Monday, to
become a nurse. Last Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs. Edward
Crombie of Pearl street, the sewing
club of which Miss Malia is a mem­ber
met and presented her with a
handsome traveling bag. Her many
friends wish her prolonged success
in her new undertaking.
LARGER PERCENT ARE OF
FOREIGN BIRTH m-:
V
The Large Increase Of Foreign^-5 '
Born Children Attending School
Indicates Changing Condition^|||^^S
At a meeting of the school com,-
miltee held in the high school build^^^S>'':;X-ing
Tuesday evening of this week^^^Xyr
Superintendent of Schools Edward BiS^S'-v^
Sellew reudered a report which deals Slf :':Y
with the nationality of the children
in the elementary grades. ||f| ;;
The report is very comprehensive'-'-i^Pv>-:ii*
and indicates again how carefully fS •
every detail in connection with. -1^ ^
school work is handled by Mr. Sel^"^^'---^''
lew. _
When the census was taken'Vee^i^^^,^-'-: v'
ly it was learned that 1,340 pupils
Promoted to Pastorate.
The many friends of Rev. John J.
McCabe formerly curate in St. Pat­rick's
church, this place, but recent­ly
transferred to St. Mary's Star of
the Sea Church, New London, will be
pleased to learn that he has been noti
fied of his promotion to a pastorate,
in Jewett City, Conn., to replace Rev.
Edward F. Hayes. The parish at
Jewett City is a large one and Rev.
Father McCabe will have the assist­ance
there of a curate.
;> . Ecclesiastical Society to Meet.
A meeting of the Ecclesiastical
Society of the First Presbyterian
church will be held in the chapel
tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock to
hear reports of officers for the past
fiscal year. At 8 o'clock a congre­gational
meeting will take place for
consideration of matters of interest
in connection with the church. A
social hour will follow the business
sessions.
Sale of Useful Articles.
This evening a sale of useful and
fancy articles, home-made food and
candy will take place in the parish
house of St. Andrew's Episcopal
church. The sale is under the aus­pices
of tho Ladies' Aid Society.
To Initiate Candidates.
This evening a special meeting of
Washington Irving Council, Knights
cf Cohunbus, will be held in the
council chambers, High street, at.
which a class of nine candidates will
receive the initiation degree.
Junior Class Dance.
This evening the annual Easter re­ception
of the Junior Class of the En­field
High school will take place in
Casino Hall, Central street. The
Philharmonic Orchestra of this vil­lage
will give a concert, preceding
the dancing. The ushers will be two
young women from each class.
The members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will
hold their April meeting tomorrow
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Wm.
Gray in Enfield Street. This me.et-ing
is postponed from April 2 and
a good attendance is desired.
Mrs. J. F. George of Essex, N. Y.,
her daughter Anna of St. Margaret's
school • in Waterbury and her sons
Willis and Nelson, who are juniors
in Trinity College, are spending tlieir
Easter holidays with Mrs. George's
parents. Judge and Mrs. Charles H.
Briscoe. '
The bankrupt stook of A. H. Sze-tela,
which consists principally of
groceries, moats and canned goods,
has been purchased by A. Bassos,
who removed the goods from the
Gorman storehouse Tuesday to his
store on Pleasant street.
A number from here attended the
lf>th annual concert and ball of
Forbes & Wallace Relief Association
last night in tho auditorium, Spring­field.
Don't forget the dance next Tues­day
evening in the Casino Hall by
E. J. McEnelly's Singing Orchestra.
A good time for all who attend.
To Let dird^Be^it Th« Prew.
Frank Kent, of ITazardville, who
lias been confined to his home for
the past three weeks,'by illness, was
in town today with his new Metz
car visiting friends.
Mrs. Edward Nystrom of Bristol
is spending a few days with her
aunt, Mrs. Charles Horton of Rus­sell
street.
Mercedes Assembly, Catholic La­dies'
of Columbus will give a min­strel
entertainment in Majectic the­ater,
Monday evening, April 26th.
Miss Kirstine Andersen, the visit­ing
nurse, reportB 226 visits to 20
patients during March, . ,
•P:-K
were attending the elementary'^Sj f.
grades, of this number 748 were
f o r e i g n o r i g i n , - w h i l e 5 9 2 w e r e A m - l | j | 4
erican born. The largest number of •:
foreign born children attend the |l|§ '"
North school, while the new graded C ;.;
school on North Main street comes
second. . S
In the North school there are 24^1^8: :
children of foreign born parentage, »-*'
while only 36 are of American par-i'^
ents. In the new graded school on'"'':* '
North Main street 171 are of for-eign
parentage, while 148 are of Am-#
erican parentage. Even in the out-*-5®.. .v':v
lying districts the same is true. In
tho Jabbok school 15 children arej§|l?,
of foreign parents and 7 of American^
born, and the Shaker diBtrlct there^ v '
a r e J j u t t w o p u p i l s o f A m e r i c i a n i p a r | p § ? ,
ents, as against 22 of foreign birth;||f* :
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There are 16 different nationalV^s? \ ! „
ties, represented in Enfield Bct^ji^^'r'c" ^
divided as follows: Y • 'Vv':- • • .
French Canadian 99, Polish,V!92f^s_ ", "
German, 39, Greek 17. Armenia^'"9;#®--•&>!•
Lithuanian 6, African 4, Hungarian " .
2, Italian 301, Russian 49, Austrian ; Vi^,
37, French 15 RwnrHoh a
4, Turkish 3.
There has been connected with'
the high school 285 pupils, 130-of
whom are boys and 155 girls. Of
these 123 came from Thompsonville
schools, 52 from Hazardvllle and 39
from St. Joseph's Parochial school
in this village. Of the out of town
pupils, Somers sends the largest nnxn-ber,
41 coming from tbat villagej.
while East Windsor sent but 7 and
Suffield 1.
On the first day of this month,-., - '
there were attending all of the
schools in Enfield 1,612 pupils, di- f m :
vided as follows: . 1
-'Vvi
i
Graded schools 1,240, Rural 111,,
igh School 261. *
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of attend--^i#gS:,^::;; '-
Hi
The total percentage
ance for the month of March was
95.3, the high school claiming 96.8
present while the grades schools had
9 5 per cent., and the rural schools
!>6.0.
The committee on free transporta-' "':'
tion reported on some changes in
the present system, but no action
the
for
M
other than the acceptance of
committees report was taken.
The committee on teachers'
aries will prepare a schedule
next year.
It is said that the school commit?:'7'"j
tee anticipates increasing Superin­tendent
Sellew's salary to $2,500 a
year and also that of Principal Park^f.^
man's to $2,200. Both men are now':
doing not only their own work but
much of the work carried on by in­dividual
members of the school '
board. Superintendent Sellew was
instructed to engage a man teacher
for the high school, as an assistant,
to Principal Parkman.
At
Elected President. ,:U
the second annual meeting of
the Women's Society of the Presby­tery
of the Connecticut Valley, held
in New Haven Thursday, Mrs. Wm.'.'&i S. Voorhies, wife of Rev. Wm. Sm'
Voorhies, was elected president. The ;,
financial reports showed receipts dur­ing
the year, for foreign missions
$1,595.10, and for home missions
and freedmen $1,766.92. The ex-!,
v..
penditures were, for foreign mis-sions
$1,595.10 and for home and
freedmen, $1,329.30. Mrs. Ri
son of Bridgeport presided. The
cal society was represented at the
New Haven meeting by Mrai yoor-;:
hies. Mrs. A. T. Lord, Mrs/WlUl*nr ;
Klein. Mrs. Andrew Ewlng. Mrs. E.
H. Fowler, Mrs. H. C. MoBeley,
N. P. Palmer, Mrs. H. B. Brainard, \
Mrs. Olin E. Woodward, Miss JftuS
tha J. Alden, and Miss AgnesJBvainS
ard. Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Klein, and Mrs!"
Woodward remained for a few.daTs
visiting friends. "
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RETREAT ON
WESTERN UNE rmc
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aiser's Position Alined and' Blown
Up By Allied Forces at Ban-die-
Saj>t—GcmianCrown Prince Said
to Have Returned to the Front.
Paris,. April 8.—With Increased mo-omentum-
the French army between the
j^^i||Meuse and Moselle rivers is smashing
'Vj/£the sides pf the great German wedge.
__ |-A-y,^according to dispatches from the battle
AAtt tli^ottieAfr' e'Atfndri' ^ battle line.
S» \ s?j_ ^^near the. sea coast,- the Belgian army
S •-% kas scored a victory. T!: Belgians
v; attacked and. dislodged a G:. in forcie
•• • .which crossed the Yser nr. ccupied
; .portions of the village' of D Graeh-ten.
King Albert's troops captured
';''/Si^three:.machine guus^lt is asserteC}.
? Near EWiin, thirteen miles jbo^heast
* SstK"-' % Verdun, Freiich troops stormed and
^;:;;r;:*^captured two^German positions, on the
V < .-^hills? The advance was made In the
St"i» of murderous artillery five that
^ ^i«wept the wooded hillsides free of
.MH;H^0Very Vestige of; foliage. / .
V. Important engagements are liow' be-bought
- the woods between Ver-and
Pont-a-Mousson, it Is "known
the war ofllce communique
*' *«" ' ' -sv,was almost devoid of information re-
.[• ^;?»rding the fighting In this region
Announcement of the Belgian success
ty" V? ^alon? the Yser, of the French galnsiiit
^ ^®tain and of slight French * progress
X : '/v>near Bparges were the featured of the
' •\--'l,,offl<3hl statement.
The Offidsl. Statement.
Paris, April &—The war office gave
I the following statement:
"A German detachment with three
crossing to
south of
• ""'»rttB]i^vKeu3'and dls-v-
1 «|&a&lodged ;bji^BelgJan forces. -£ :
" ty of> Etalri rendered us .masters of
hllte No.;219 and Nb. 221, in addition
:to the Hant Bojs r.nd the hospital
7 -;e "in the Eparges we gained ground
J£;-fr-y;^i?/and -maintained our advances, at the
••-;same time taking sixty prisoners,': in-iH-
v
c-• Eluding three officers.
! V" V* "In the Ban-de-Sapt we mined and
.Mew up a German position."
The German Crown Prince Wilhelm
*1 Has resumed command of the Third
' '-. German army before Verdun, state*
, v f "the .Echo. • . W-'"'.:
.. . •
• ' • •
-- 1 Official German Statement. ,
Ber,,n (by wireless), April S.-Tbc
„ \ following statement was given out at
•t S'• • vi:-; v\.'" v'::.i ' genera I headnuarters:
"The village of Drei Grach'ten, in
' West Flanders, which the Germans oc­cupied
on April i, was raked by artil-
11 re froin heavy guns aiid also
•(' • from mine throwers. For this reason
1
"In the. Argonne forest French at
. taeks Iii'oice down under the fire of
- I lie'German chasseurs. ^
4 - - "JCortlicasL of Verdun the-French ad-
* ^- vance got .only as. far as our ontei
' works.
M
"Hast and southeast of Verdun
: • >'. • French attacks failed, with extraor
• ' dinary heavy losses,
IfNV"
"Two French battalions were anni­hilated
by German fire on Combres
heights. ;
Near Ajlly, in the vicinity of St
Mihiel. our troops delivered n violent
^ -- '• attack, which threw the French back
';*y . to theii old positions.
> ' " N e a r A p r w n o n i F r e n c h a t t a c k s
were unsuccessful. v : v-
"Other French attacks near Flirty,
.the Woey're tlistrict. failed complete
®vjSiips|ly. Numerous bodies dot the ground
before the. German lines.
"On tiie western border of Priest
Wald, tiie French forest of La Pretre.
• / one of our battalions beat back strons
wV'.v French forces from the Tiiirteenth rej;
-' .-ijnent • after bloody fighting with the
lint bayonet.
"Despite a blizzard, fighting has been
"?5||£going 011 '°t Hartsmannsweiler Kopf
since yesterday.
"1" the eastern theater of war, dur-lug
the German advance into Russia
fesfllMn the direction of Andrzejow, thirty
kilometers southeast of Memel, our
'-^••aValry amihilated a Russian bat-
^i^tallon; We. captured 300 men, includ-
"^J^ing five Russian officers. One hundred
|i||;'and twenty Russians were killed and
150 wounded. ^
"Aiiother Itusslan battalion which
hurried to the rescue was repulsed!
Our losses were only six men killed.
"Otherwise there is nothing of spe-mi
cidl Importance to report from the east-
®Hern theater."
; The following supplementary state­ment,
signed by the chief of army ad­ministration,
was issued with the offi­cial
report:
"in U>e Russian generaj Btaff report
' ' of April 4 It was announced that dttr-
Jag th« - • • • - ----- —-
Movement 'Grows, •
London, April 8—The British cabinet
considereil tiie prohibtion question at
a lengthy session.
The ministry; • it was authoritatively
reported, was wavering between Lloyd-
George^s demand for drastic measures
and pressure on the part of the big
distilling and brewing Interests for
•'huudB off." . ,
There was a strong possibility that
a ban would be placed on all distilled
liquor, but that the sale of beer" and
light wines would not be prohibited.
Lloyd-George presented to the cabi
net the results of various conferences
with interests most concerned in ills
proposal for absolute prohibition dur­ing
the war period. He assured the
ministry that despite objections from
some quarters the majority of the* la­bor
leaders would back the'govern­ment
In any action it might take, how­ever
drastic.-
He reiterated his statements that the
gain to England through a shortening
of the war would more than offset the
loss in liquor revenue. VSiJ;
Lord Kitchener and First Lorlrof the
Admiralty Churchill presented the
views of the military and naval- ex-
< - ? Pleasant Street Pharniacyi"' f. '
To residents of Thompsoifvirie"who
have visiteipl the new Pleasant Street
Pharmacy nothing ne«^ be said, the
store' spealtB for itself hut we would
like to .he attention of those
who have, not availed themselves of
this privilege to the excellent equip­ment
of their store for its particular
line of business. Twentyseven feet
of built-to-order cases line the walls,
ali glass enclosed, all drawers are
dust proof and. sanitary. Display
cases are built to the floor. The soda
fountain is. a beautiful structure of
slate and marble with draught tubes
entering through a carved column
of purest onyx. It is lighted ,by nine.
3 0-watt -.electric lights giving a. daz-
^Itag : effeot^^: The • prescriptiprf' de-,
BM^ent ;is' a separate room. 12^25
fe^t; -flnl^hed;; with- *&H conveniences
forT'compOunding prescriptions and
nianufacturing medicines.-r-Adv. -
• Progrossivo Euchre.
The* first in the spring- series of
progressive euchre parties and en­tertainments
by the Aquinas Club of
St. Patrick's church waB held Tues­day
evening in St. Joseph's Hall.
There was a large attendance. In
the card game the first ladies' prize
was won by Miss Mary Burns, sec­ond
prize, Miss Emjna Grenier, con­solation,
Mrs. Thomas H&rgreaves.
Tho men's first prize was won by
Sylvester Mitchell and the second by
Harry Chaine. Following the^card
gunies refreshments were served,
after which dancing was enjoyed.
Cavanaugli's orchestra furnishing the
music- for the dancers. C~
PRES. BAKER ENTHUSIAS­$
56 TIC OVER OUTLOOKa s*
Thompsonville Palp " Association
Promises To Be Not Only Per-manent,
But a To-wn Boosters-
New Members Being Added.
A meeting of the officers of the
Thompsonville Fair Association was
held Tuesday evening of this week
in the Town building, and was at­tended
by about 40 persons. Repre­sentatives
being present from the
Enfield Business Men's Association,
the Grange a.nd the Board of Trade.
During the past week 17 new
members were secured and a sub­stantial
sum of piouey was pledged
for the support of the association.
It was voted at the meeting to
hereafter hold regular meetings of
the association on the first Tuesday
of each month in the town building,
and sub-committees were appointed
to canvass the Town for new -mem­bers.
The Town was laid out into
districts^gyl^vo men were appoirit-e&
to cover eacJfdistrict -ahd secure
as many new members as possible.
President Albert F. Baker is de­lighted
over the magnificent support
given by all classes of people to this
movement, which will undoubtedly
be permanent and a lasting influence
for the betterment of the community.
It is non-partisan and is being loyal­ly
encouraged by people in every sec­tion
of Enfield. 4
, The officers plan on not,only hav­ing
as good a fair as was held last
year/ but intend to far surpass it in
every detail, which goes to make up
a country'fair.
There are many such associations
throughout the Connecticut valley
and it is not improbable to boast.that
JSnfleldA-will, have as - good- an'asso­ciation
and ^ well regulalted."fair as
was: ever held in any town in New
England, having twice the popula­tion
of our community.
New Building Completed.'
D. J. Shea, contractor, has just
finished a new two-story brick block
on" Pleasant street for Dr. Finch
which is already rented. The old
house is being removed to the jrfear
of the lot and will be remodeled for
use as tenement and store.
.Knfiold Congregational Church.
Sunday 10:45 a. 111. preaching by
ilie pastor. Sunday school at noon.
Christian Endeavor meeting 7:15;
Topic: "Getting ready for the next
life," leader Miss Ruth Kingsbury.
Wednesday evening prayer .meeting:
Study of the-14th'and 15th Psalms.
The Young Men's Club of this
place will give a dance in Casino
Hall, Saturday evening, April 10. A
silver loving cup will be given for
the oiie.-step prize contest. Dancing
will bp from S p. 111. to 12 p. m. As
much interest is shown in the com­ing
contest, a large crowd is ex­pected
to attend:
Judge of Probate Charles J. Fow­ler
has passed an order allowing six
months time for creditors to hand
in their bills to Joshua G. Cornue,
administrator on the estate of Ellen
S. Cornue.. -
Cl^tis Abrahamson has purchased
from Jeremiah Provencher, a small"
cottage located on Highland avenue.
Mr, and Mrs. Edward Bialf have
moved from Warehouse Point to
this place. .
MemeT ohry i'49~ men were iost In kilT-ed,
wounded and captured. Regarding
this report the following is ascertained
at Memel: Three hundred Russians
were burled at Memel and Polangen.
Five hundred and fifty Russians were
Woman's Club Entertained. ^
Miss Bessie M. Pease of Lincoln
street entertained the members of
the Enfield Woman's Club at her
home -yesterday afternoon. The pro­gram
was provided by the current
events committee composed of' Miss
Cornelia O. Brainard, Mrs. John N.
Patterson and Mrs. Newall A. Par­sons.
The program was featured by
two papers, one on "International
Peace." by Miss Florence Raymond
cf the faculty of the Enfield High
School, and the other-by Mrs. Reid,
wife of Rev. David C. Reid of the
Enfield Congregational church,, who
took for her subject "Notes from a
Temperance Scrapboolc." Miss Pease
during the meeting played piano
soles. The next session of the club
will be Wednesdsy afternoon, April
28,. in the home of Mrs. Mark W.
Bushnell, when there will be a book
review. The club will close its sea­son"
three weeks from to today, April
2S, with' its annual meeting in the
E n f i e l d C o u n t r y C l u b . ' ; v - '
KAISER HONORS VON KLUCK
8 . .
Military Cross of Merit Bestowed On
? General Recently Wounded.
tserirn, April S.—Tiie kaiser has con­ferred
the military order of merit 011
General von Kluck, who is recovering
fropi the shrapnel-wound he received
,011 ilareh 27 while Inspecting the ad­vanced
positions of his army.
General von Kluck, who is sixty
eight years old, commanded the Ger­mun
right wing in its dash toward
Paris in the early days of the war and
in Its subsequent retreat. ' His latest
command has been in the vicinity of
Soissons.
Albert Weller has purchased the
iisli business of Sharon Bros., eon-ducted
by them in the Franklin Hall
block on Pleasant street. :vFv:
Frances Mitchell, who teaches
school in Terryville, Conn., spent
the Easter recess at her home in
Church street.
In order to find exactly what you
want ask The Thompsonville Hard-ward
Company for Hazard Guaran­teed
House Paint.—Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Trombly and
son of Windsor street are moving to
Hartford, where* they will make their
home. , ,
•IP---
St." Joseph's Parochial qchool will
.. Piiendsbip-^Lodge, I. O. O. P.
At a largely attended meeting of
F'riendship'. Lodge, I.®0. o. F., held
Monday evening in Odd Fellows'
Hall, the second degree was con­ferred
on two candidates under the
direction of Charles H. Noble, de­gree
master. The guests of the
evening were: d delegation of twenty
members of Phoenix Lodge, I. O. O.
F., of Springfield who paid a fratern­al
visit to Friendship Lodge, I. O. O.
F. Remarks were made by the .vis­iting
Odd Fellows. A social hour
and smoker followed the business
meeting. Degree master Harry H.
Woodward conferred the Patriarchal
degree on a class of candidates from
Enfield Encampment, I. O. O. F., at
a meeting held last evening.
Royal Neighbors of America.
The members of Primrose Camp,
R. N. of A. are enjoying a theatre
party this iafternoon and will dine at
the Highland hotel this evening. A
number, will stay over to see William
Hodge in" "The Road to Happiness"
at Court Square theatre. The next
in the series of whist parties given
by the camp will be held Wednes­day
evening, -April 14th in K. of C.
Hall, High street, and the committee
in charge will; be Mrs. Howard Stet­son.
Mrs. Robert Weller and Mrs.
William Douglass.
K. of P.
Asnuntuck Lodge, No. 29, K. of P.
held a very interesting meeting Tues­day
evening../ The second rank was
exemplified on one candidate. Tues­day
evening; April 13th the rank of
knight will be conferred on one can­didate
and every member of Asnun­tuck
Lodge ft requested to be pres­ent.
After the regular business is
transacted refreshments will be
served and a smoker and general so­cial
will be held. Any K. of P. of
any other lodge will be welcome.
' V < £ , igfr &
JOFFRK AM) HIXLJOMU IU;
Opposing Generals in Western The­ater,
WherA. Colburn, at
Hazardville, Sunday-.^"'
Miss Eunice and Alyce .O'Donnell
spent Sunday with ^friends at Haz-ardville.
,
Daniel Foley of High street spent
Easter with his parents, Mr. and
Btead Brook.>
imiiZ'i-i::
'v-
Official Statement Says Vessel Was
Destroyed in Dardanelles Strait.
Constantinople, April 5.—The follow­ing
official statement was given out by
the Turkish war office.
"O11 April 4 the enemy's cruisers un­successfully
tombarded the Turkish
batteries at tae western entrance of
the Dardanelles. One cruiser was sunk
l>y the fire of the fortress guns.
"In Transcaucasia the Russians at­tacked
our advance guards north of
Ischkau. After violent fighting for eight
hours the enemy was driven back
across the frontier. We occupied Rus­sian
villages south o£ Tauskert."
Polish Society Preparing to Celebrate
Anniversary.
The Polish society of the village
are making arrangements for a cele­bration
of the 124th anniversary o
the Polish Constitution which oc­curs
May 3.
On account of counter attractions,
howeyer, the observance of the event
will be postponed until Sunday after­noon,
May 16. A parade of local and
visiting Polish societies will be fol­lowed
by exercises in Franklin Hall,
at which there will be music, fancy
drill marches by the children and
patriotic speeches by members of the
Falcon Society and several out of
town speakers and town officials.
The committee iu charge of ar­rangements
is as follows: John Kus-tra
(chairman), M. Guzowski, A. Ma-ciolek,
W. Glista, A. Pierz, F. Jan-icki,
M. Gwozdz and F. Ludwin.
Presented With Traveling Hag.
Miss J. Elizabeth Malia, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Malia of 183
Pearl street, entered St. Francis*
Hospital of Hartford on Monday, to
become a nurse. Last Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs. Edward
Crombie of Pearl street, the sewing
club of which Miss Malia is a mem­ber
met and presented her with a
handsome traveling bag. Her many
friends wish her prolonged success
in her new undertaking.
LARGER PERCENT ARE OF
FOREIGN BIRTH m-:
V
The Large Increase Of Foreign^-5 '
Born Children Attending School
Indicates Changing Condition^|||^^S
At a meeting of the school com,-
miltee held in the high school build^^^S>'':;X-ing
Tuesday evening of this week^^^Xyr
Superintendent of Schools Edward BiS^S'-v^
Sellew reudered a report which deals Slf :':Y
with the nationality of the children
in the elementary grades. ||f| ;;
The report is very comprehensive'-'-i^Pv>-:ii*
and indicates again how carefully fS •
every detail in connection with. -1^ ^
school work is handled by Mr. Sel^"^^'---^''
lew. _
When the census was taken'Vee^i^^^,^-'-: v'
ly it was learned that 1,340 pupils
Promoted to Pastorate.
The many friends of Rev. John J.
McCabe formerly curate in St. Pat­rick's
church, this place, but recent­ly
transferred to St. Mary's Star of
the Sea Church, New London, will be
pleased to learn that he has been noti
fied of his promotion to a pastorate,
in Jewett City, Conn., to replace Rev.
Edward F. Hayes. The parish at
Jewett City is a large one and Rev.
Father McCabe will have the assist­ance
there of a curate.
;> . Ecclesiastical Society to Meet.
A meeting of the Ecclesiastical
Society of the First Presbyterian
church will be held in the chapel
tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock to
hear reports of officers for the past
fiscal year. At 8 o'clock a congre­gational
meeting will take place for
consideration of matters of interest
in connection with the church. A
social hour will follow the business
sessions.
Sale of Useful Articles.
This evening a sale of useful and
fancy articles, home-made food and
candy will take place in the parish
house of St. Andrew's Episcopal
church. The sale is under the aus­pices
of tho Ladies' Aid Society.
To Initiate Candidates.
This evening a special meeting of
Washington Irving Council, Knights
cf Cohunbus, will be held in the
council chambers, High street, at.
which a class of nine candidates will
receive the initiation degree.
Junior Class Dance.
This evening the annual Easter re­ception
of the Junior Class of the En­field
High school will take place in
Casino Hall, Central street. The
Philharmonic Orchestra of this vil­lage
will give a concert, preceding
the dancing. The ushers will be two
young women from each class.
The members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will
hold their April meeting tomorrow
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Wm.
Gray in Enfield Street. This me.et-ing
is postponed from April 2 and
a good attendance is desired.
Mrs. J. F. George of Essex, N. Y.,
her daughter Anna of St. Margaret's
school • in Waterbury and her sons
Willis and Nelson, who are juniors
in Trinity College, are spending tlieir
Easter holidays with Mrs. George's
parents. Judge and Mrs. Charles H.
Briscoe. '
The bankrupt stook of A. H. Sze-tela,
which consists principally of
groceries, moats and canned goods,
has been purchased by A. Bassos,
who removed the goods from the
Gorman storehouse Tuesday to his
store on Pleasant street.
A number from here attended the
lf>th annual concert and ball of
Forbes & Wallace Relief Association
last night in tho auditorium, Spring­field.
Don't forget the dance next Tues­day
evening in the Casino Hall by
E. J. McEnelly's Singing Orchestra.
A good time for all who attend.
To Let dird^Be^it Th« Prew.
Frank Kent, of ITazardville, who
lias been confined to his home for
the past three weeks,'by illness, was
in town today with his new Metz
car visiting friends.
Mrs. Edward Nystrom of Bristol
is spending a few days with her
aunt, Mrs. Charles Horton of Rus­sell
street.
Mercedes Assembly, Catholic La­dies'
of Columbus will give a min­strel
entertainment in Majectic the­ater,
Monday evening, April 26th.
Miss Kirstine Andersen, the visit­ing
nurse, reportB 226 visits to 20
patients during March, . ,
•P:-K
were attending the elementary'^Sj f.
grades, of this number 748 were
f o r e i g n o r i g i n , - w h i l e 5 9 2 w e r e A m - l | j | 4
erican born. The largest number of •:
foreign born children attend the |l|§ '"
North school, while the new graded C ;.;
school on North Main street comes
second. . S
In the North school there are 24^1^8: :
children of foreign born parentage, »-*'
while only 36 are of American par-i'^
ents. In the new graded school on'"'':* '
North Main street 171 are of for-eign
parentage, while 148 are of Am-#
erican parentage. Even in the out-*-5®.. .v':v
lying districts the same is true. In
tho Jabbok school 15 children arej§|l?,
of foreign parents and 7 of American^
born, and the Shaker diBtrlct there^ v '
a r e J j u t t w o p u p i l s o f A m e r i c i a n i p a r | p § ? ,
ents, as against 22 of foreign birth;||f* :
; ^
There are 16 different nationalV^s? \ ! „
ties, represented in Enfield Bct^ji^^'r'c" ^
divided as follows: Y • 'Vv':- • • .
French Canadian 99, Polish,V!92f^s_ ", "
German, 39, Greek 17. Armenia^'"9;#®--•&>!•
Lithuanian 6, African 4, Hungarian " .
2, Italian 301, Russian 49, Austrian ; Vi^,
37, French 15 RwnrHoh a
4, Turkish 3.
There has been connected with'
the high school 285 pupils, 130-of
whom are boys and 155 girls. Of
these 123 came from Thompsonville
schools, 52 from Hazardvllle and 39
from St. Joseph's Parochial school
in this village. Of the out of town
pupils, Somers sends the largest nnxn-ber,
41 coming from tbat villagej.
while East Windsor sent but 7 and
Suffield 1.
On the first day of this month,-., - '
there were attending all of the
schools in Enfield 1,612 pupils, di- f m :
vided as follows: . 1
-'Vvi
i
Graded schools 1,240, Rural 111,,
igh School 261. *
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of attend--^i#gS:,^::;; '-
Hi
The total percentage
ance for the month of March was
95.3, the high school claiming 96.8
present while the grades schools had
9 5 per cent., and the rural schools
!>6.0.
The committee on free transporta-' "':'
tion reported on some changes in
the present system, but no action
the
for
M
other than the acceptance of
committees report was taken.
The committee on teachers'
aries will prepare a schedule
next year.
It is said that the school commit?:'7'"j
tee anticipates increasing Superin­tendent
Sellew's salary to $2,500 a
year and also that of Principal Park^f.^
man's to $2,200. Both men are now':
doing not only their own work but
much of the work carried on by in­dividual
members of the school '
board. Superintendent Sellew was
instructed to engage a man teacher
for the high school, as an assistant,
to Principal Parkman.
At
Elected President. ,:U
the second annual meeting of
the Women's Society of the Presby­tery
of the Connecticut Valley, held
in New Haven Thursday, Mrs. Wm.'.'&i S. Voorhies, wife of Rev. Wm. Sm'
Voorhies, was elected president. The ;,
financial reports showed receipts dur­ing
the year, for foreign missions
$1,595.10, and for home missions
and freedmen $1,766.92. The ex-!,
v..
penditures were, for foreign mis-sions
$1,595.10 and for home and
freedmen, $1,329.30. Mrs. Ri
son of Bridgeport presided. The
cal society was represented at the
New Haven meeting by Mrai yoor-;:
hies. Mrs. A. T. Lord, Mrs/WlUl*nr ;
Klein. Mrs. Andrew Ewlng. Mrs. E.
H. Fowler, Mrs. H. C. MoBeley,
N. P. Palmer, Mrs. H. B. Brainard, \
Mrs. Olin E. Woodward, Miss JftuS
tha J. Alden, and Miss AgnesJBvainS
ard. Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Klein, and Mrs!"
Woodward remained for a few.daTs
visiting friends. "
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